i'll tell you how neighbors are being impacted and how the repairs are going this morning. and police release a sketch of the man who they say assaulted two women in oakland. we'll show you that coming up. >> reporter: a live look at the san mateo bridge where gusty winds might be shaking up your morning commute. and sunol, we'll see how things work out with this new express lane. "today in the bay." good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. we begin with jennifer hill. she has a look at our forecast this morning in for rob and taking a peek at a little bit of a warmup. >> yeah. today we are starting the first day of fall. it definitely feels fall-like outside. the feels like temperature is a little cooler than what you are looking at on the map. coming up in the seven-day forecast, we'll show you the big, warm hot weekend that's in store for us. >> thanks, jennifer. 6:00 right now. new this morning, state budget

negotiations headed to southern california today. state senate pro tem darrell steinberg is flying to governor schwarzenegger's home near los angeles. the governor stayed homesick from negotiations the last two days. negotiations are set to begin at 1:00 p.m. it's been 84 days since the budget was due. new this morning, it's a soggy start for families in one east bay city. they are dealing with another big water main break this morning, the second in a week. christie smith was the first news crew on the scene this morning. she is live in pleasant hill and has the latest on the overnight screenup efforts. >> reporter: good morning to you. we were the first ones here and i have to say the crews are working hard, but it looks like things are kind of the same as when we arrived. but i can say that one lane here on morello southbound is open for traffic and that was important to crews working out here this morning. now, earlier the entire street was blocked. what they're doing is pumping

water out of this large hole that they have dug out here. the eight-inch water main is at the bottom and it's down pretty deep they're telling me. it busted open yesterday evening around 7:30. the main is still pressurized this morning while they make the repair. they say it just works that way. but it's deep in there. 40 homes were temporarily without water last night. it went on for a few hours. but this morning the contra costa water district, they have been out here working hard and they tell me they temporarily rerouted the water line to the home. basically when everyone wakes up this morning, they will have water. they can shower, they can make a pot of coffee. now, this isn't the first time, though, that neighbors have gone through this. just a couple of days ago on the 13th, we believe it was perhaps the same line even that also had a problem. it broke then. so i asked one of the managers out here why this is happening and he said he just doesn't know. perhaps the ground is settling but that's something they'll look into later. right now they're just trying to

make the fix happen. i asked when it would happen and he said they were working on it, as soon as we can. but again one of their -- the key issues for them is that everyone will have water. but also just making sure that at least some of the traffic can get through here because there are at least three schools in the area and they say at daybreak there is quite a bit of traffic through here. reporting live in pleasant hill, christie smith, today in the bay. >> something to think about before you head out this morning. thanks. oakland police want your help to catch a man who robbed and assaulted two women. they released a sketch of the suspect. take a look. the attacks happened around lake merritt sunday night. the suspect is described in his 20s about 5'10" tall with a medium build. investigators are not giving a lot of details. they're saying both women were attacked in relatively secluded areas while on their way home. police are advising people to stay in well-lit, populated areas and try to be aware of your surroundings. also new this morning,

people affected by the san bruno explosion can get some help today. anybody who needs help with health benefits and health insurance issues can get their questions answered. the san mateo health system and the health plan of san mateo will also all hold a news event at 1:00 this afternoon at the veterans memorial rec center at 251 city parkway in san bruno. if you have some questions, and i know a lot of people could, you can get them answered today. tomorrow parts of president obama's health care reform will actually come true as benefits take effect. >> some critics had predicted some chaos, but scott mcgrew says it's a little less exciting than that. >> reporter: house republican leader john boehner had said they time it would be armageddon when health care reform took effect. now that the politics have died down, let's take a look at what changes may actually be in store for you. the first question most people have is am i affected? well, that's a good question. we can't answer individually so do check with your employer or

insurer. we can say most people will not have to make a co-pay for things like preventative medicine. no more caps. if you get terribly, terribly sick, your insurance company will continue to pay no matter how high the bill gets. if your child were already sick and you sign up for a new insurance plan, they have to cover your children. they can't be denied for a pre-existing condition. your kids can be covered until they're 26 years old if you're willing to pay for that. and insurance companies can't drop you for what the government cause capricious reasons. what was happening is insurance agencies would closely examine the records of people costing them a lot of money and in some cases they would look for an error that would allow them to drop you. you didn't sign your paper on page 5 or forget to mention you broke your arm as a kid. that's no longer permitable. now, if you commit fraud, if you had cancer in the past and intentionally don't reveal it, that's still a dropable offense. >> so be up front and honest,

you're safe. san jose police are investigating one of their own. a veteran officer is accused of handcuffing his stepdaughter's 15-year-old boyfriend and pretending to arrest him for having sex with the 14-year-old girl. some of the incident was actually captured on cell phone video. prosecutors say they need to determine if the officer committed a criminal false imprisonment after showing up at the house on his police motorcycle and in full uniform. the veteran officer has been placed on administrative leave while that investigation continues. his lawyer says he was simply trying to scare the boy. family and friends will gather today to remember a vallejo hairstylist who died in a highly publicized string of killings. a service will be held at the twin chapels mortuary in vallejo. tran's boyfriend strangled her in her car during a chp pursuit last month. chp officers eventually shot and killed the man.

tran leaves behind four sons. executions could resume in san quentin prison next week. a federal judge halted executions in california in 2006 after an inmate filed a lawsuit. the suit claimed they are unconstitutional. it came after an execution team experienced trouble carrying out the lethal injection process. attorney general jerry brown told a federal judge said court-ordered protocol changes and death chamber improvements are complete and the state is ready to carry out the death penalty. death penalty opponents actually doubt it. kevin cooper received a stay of execution back in 2004. he told supporters he doesn't believe the process has improved. >> he's familiar with what happens and all the steps and he can tell that not a lot has changed. >> san quentin served convicted murderer and rapist albert brown a death warrant. he is set to be executed september 29th. a federal judge says he will issue a ruling on next week's

executions by friday. virginia could put a woman to death tomorrow. 41-year-old teresa lewis, if excued, will be the first woman put to death in virginia in almost a century. lewis is sentenced to death for giving two men money and sex to kill her husband and stepson. the supreme court refused to intervene yesterday. later today the owner of one of the farms that produced millions of contaminated eggs is expected to tell congress he's sorry. the owner of two iowa egg farms will explain how salmonella infected the eggs. jack decoster of wright countying a blames chicken feed from an outside supplier. the food and drug administration found filthy conditions at his facility. >> manure piles that were old enough that maggots were forming. they had rat holes that allowed rats to enter the facilities. >> decoster rallied -- recalled over half a billion eggs after the fda asked him to.

no one died but more than 1500 people became ill from those contaminated eggs. right now it's 6:08. we want to check your look at traffic. mike inouye has the latest. >> we'll take you to the area where right on schedule we had slowing. antioch, westbound highway 4 from a street actually starting around hillcrest we see speeds dipping down just below 20 miles per hour where you see the red stretching over past horizon lane and clearing until speeds dip down to the 50s again. typical pattern for that commute right on schedule. also on schedule, slowing through livermore, passing highway 84. then we have an incident, an accident at hacienda in the westbound commute direction causing more slowing. watch carefully that, could cause a disruption. if that happens for 580 that's going to be a problem. so get out on the roadway if you can and allow yourself a little extra time. sunol looks pretty clear heading down to the south bay.

no major slowing so far in the express lane transition. south bay body an accident northbound 101 at story road completely blocking lanes for about five minutes. that has cleared up and now we have the typical slowing starting on 101 and 87 right about now and the bay bridge starting to show that backup in the cash lanes but no metering lights for 15 to 20 minutes. we do have a high wind advisory as well. >> thank you. checking in again, jennifer is in for rob with a peek at your forecast. >> the first day of fall and like mike said, both hands on the wheel this morning thanks to the strong winds. it feels like fall when you go out the door this morning. 47 in santa rosa, it's dropped to 44 in gilroy, 56 in livermore. oakland hanging out at 60. last hour you were 61 degrees. 55 degrees in san francisco. the winds are up this morning, especially through the passes and across the bridges. some areas are calm but if you're driving this morning going across the bridge you can feel the wind. today is the first day of fall. it's going to be another cool

day. temperatures will feel a little cooler thanks to the winds that will be up through the day. then tomorrow and through the weekend things are going to heat up. so we get one day of fall and we're back to a summer-like weekend. here are the forecast highs for today. 73 grows in livermore, 74 in fairfield. 62 in san francisco. we have seen some low clouds around the coastline this morning but those will burn off to another mostly sunny day. speaking of sunshine, that sunshine this weekend is going to hear things up into the 90s yet again. so enjoy the cool day today because the heat is back on again this weekend. so it looks like summer is here for fall or something like that. >> summer hanging on really. the time is 6:11. leaders in one california city are accused of cashing in big, but now they could be headed to prison. we'll show you why. >> reporter: and this is bob redell live in san jose. take a look in that grocery cart. you see there's not much in there in the way of food. but if you're only allowed to spend $4.50 a day, that's pretty

much all you're going to get. unfortunately, that's all many people get here in the bay area. we'll tell you about the $4.50 a day challenge coming up in a live report. one candidate is going to washington, another has part of washington coming to her. you're going to see how california's senator yal candidates are trying to raise some cash.

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we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. good morning, everybody. 6:14. a live look outside. you can see the commute kind of picking up. temperatures also looking to be fairly mild but they'll be picking up as well. we will check your traffic and weather coming up in just a

moment. nevada governor trying to pick up the pieces. about five and a half million of us live in poverty, that number includes two million children. many have to live on $4.50 because that's all they have with food stamps. bob redell joins us live with more. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. if you're on $4.50 a day that's per person in the family if you're on food stamps. if you had a family of four, that's about $20 a day. would you be able to live without basic things that a lot of us take for grand like your meats or the quality of meats. this week they are issuing this challenge to anyone to do the $4 spoken 50 a day challenge. kathy hutton has taken up that challenge. you started on monday. -- i'm sorry, kathy jackson, sorry about that. we're going to recreate what you put in your cart at the

beginning of the week. >> it's pretty lean, that's for sure. i may be leaner by the end of the week as well. the way i thought about it was i thought what could i eat for breakfast, what could i eat for lunch and it's pretty basic stuff. toast, milk -- >> reporter: only one yogurt. >> that's a special day, the day i get to eat the yogurt. a little bit of fruit. >> reporter: so two apples. >> couple apples. >> reporter: maybe a half pound of grapes. >> not even quite that. a lot of peanut butter and jelly. a lot of pbj sandwiches and also some cheese sandwiches. i've got some cheese over here. >> reporter: you've got black beans. >> and then -- >> reporter: would this be part of a feel or flavoring for something else? >> i couldn't survive without some protein. while meat is the most expensive thing in my basket here, i decided i would make a big pot of chili for the week so that's where the beans, the tomatoes,

the onion, the chicken broth and the hamburger are all going into a big pot of chili. what that's going to tell you is that eating this way, trying to survive on this amount of money, you can do it, but it is really boring and there's a lot of monotony. there's nothing very fun or interesting to eat. where are the chips, where are the desserts. >> reporter: is your tummy full? i know it's early and you haven't eaten breakfast yet. but general low throughout the day do you feel full or like you need more? >> i think i feel reasonably physically full but i feel deprived because i'm not actually being able to eat things that are enjoyable and interesting and with a lot of variety. i am fortunate in that i have spices at home that i started with. a lot of people don't have spices so that makes it even more monotonous. one thing about food stamps, the

food stamp program is called snap and it stands for supplemental nutrition assistance program. it's supposed to be supplemental to other foods that you have. we're actually trying this week to survive on just what you would have with food stamps. >> reporter: so in the real world someone would be on food stamps and maybe qualify for some of the food at second harvest food bank and you would help give them more of a mainstream meal. >> that's exactly right. so they would use the foot stamps. i think if most families tried to survive just on food stamps would make it through about the second or third week of the month and then literally have nothing left. that's why there's a food bank. that's why there are soup kitchens. it's very illuminating. >> reporter: kathy jackson. is it 4.50 a day.org if you want to take this challenge on yourself like kathy is this week starting monday, ending friday. >> that really makes you stop and think, thanks so much, bob.

the former city manager for the city of bell is set to be arraigned later today. police arrested robert rizzo yesterday at his huntington beach home. he is accused of setting his own salary at $800,000 a year. he's also accused of stealing public money. he was one of eight city of officials arrested in the sting. the others are accused of miss appropriating more than a million dollars. nevada governor jim gibbons waking up in a hospital this morning. he went to the hospital after falling from a horse. he was riding with his brother near pyramid lake when it happened. a spokesman said the governor is in a lot of pain but is able to move his arms and legs. senator barbara boxer and candidate carly fiorina are pumping up their fund-raising efforts. fiorina is headed to washington, d.c., where she will attend a series of fund-raisers. michelle obama is set to come to

california in october to help senator boxer raise some money. the first lady is slated to stop in california the week of the 25th. it will last several -- it will be the last of several fund-raising stops that she plans to make during the month. aides say she will appear at several public events. a new poll shows what's behind the fund-raising push. the poll says that the race is still too close to call. boxer is ahead 47% to 43%. that's within the margin of error. however, earlier this month the same poll had fiorina up 1%. is it too early to talk christmas? scott mcgrew says it's not too bad. i that you this was funny that you picked out the nerf guns. the same thing i would have picked. >> nothing says peace on earth and good will towards mankind quite like a toy machine gun. google has figured out what's going to be hot this year. the hottest gift this holiday season, according to searches, is this, the nerf -- i forget what it's called. something like a nerf stampede,

pretty cool. there you see a tv commercial for it. google has figured this out fairly well. they predicted zhu zhu pets would be last year's big gift so they do have a track record. also thingamajigs, a stuffed animal that plays music. silly bands, pencil erasers shaped as animals and fourth -- or fifth, kind of random here, video cameras that are made right in san jose. gold jewelry will be a tough one. gold on its way to $1300 an ounce. stocks set to sink. the fed pretty pessimistic about the economy. adobe shares down big after the company turned in fine numbers but predicted tough times ahead. adobe employs about eight and a half thousand people, most in san jose. and, yes, this is a thingamajig.

if you press it, it goes -- and its little mouth open sns i think it's adorable. >> reporter: we found it on somebody's desk. we'll have to return it. >> we're going to need three, that's the problem. >> reporter: you'll need three of everything forever isn't that is kind of funny, though. the mouth is just killing me. >> thank you. >> reporter: you are very welcome. talk a little sports news now. the giants will try for a three-game winning streak and to hold on to the lead in the nl west in chicago tonight. last night buster posey scored the only run of the game with this solo home run. giants went on to win 1-0 but the padres won as well so the giants do keep their half game lead in the west. there are 11 games left in the season. the as will not make the playoffs but they helped another team in and kept another one out. they beat the white sox last night. trevor cahill picking up his

17th win of the year. the score wa 7-2 oakland. it's chicago's eighth loss in a row. they are eliminated from the post season, but it also means that the minnesota twins win the a.l. central title. good morning, folks. we'll take you out to the westbound 580 where we talked about an earlier accident at hacienda. that is a hit and run that's cleared from the roadway. that's good news because we don't need any more problems approaching that dublin interchange. we saw what happened on monday as more folks were heading over towards highway 84. livermore moves very nicely. a new incident around north livermore avenue. we're starting to see the backup. slower traffic heading out altamont pass. 680 south showing slowing as well. we are seeing from time to time it starts to slow but right now

there's a steady flow and nice even flow all the way around the bend past that acquisition point and heading over the hill into fremont. that's a lot different than the previous two days this week. typical patterns for 87 and 101. the bay bridge, we're also seeing a typical pattern there. the cash lanes starting to show the backup. we'll see the fastrak lanes really backup. metering lights turning on right about now. so the fog is not a problem. gusty winds will be an issue, especially crossing the bridges. back to you, brent. >> thanks, might be. the president's top financial adviser is leaving. see why this could be the start of some big changes at the white house coming up next.xt e

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president a chance to revamp his team after the november elections. experts think the president could turn to a corporate executive to show critics that he's not anti-business or he could add a woman to the team, because currently it is all male. >> that's what it takes is a good woman. let's check in with a great one right now for our forecast. >> 52 degrees right now in fairfield, 56 in livermore. it's cooled all the way down to 44 in gilroy, 47 in santa rosa, 55 in san francisco. it's the first day of fall and this morning it feels like it because the temperatures are cool. in many areas, especially through the passes, the winds are up this morning. also the winds are up in the water as well. cool today for the first day of fall. then we will see quite a bit of sunshine. this weekend, though, it's going to start to heat up. looks like forecast highs are going to be in the 90s inland this weekend. here are today's forecast highs. 72 degrees in santa rosa, 74 fairfield, 74 in morgan hill. a lot of sunshine forecast

today, but thanks to that cool wind blowing, our forecast highs are going to feel rather fall-like. that fall-like weather doesn't stick around very long. that's a look at the weekend. forecast highs again reaching the 90s. air conditioning back on. water is flowing where it shouldn't be in an east bay cit. ve reporisep next. n

another water main break, the second one in days for one east bay neighborhood. i'm christie smith. we'll tell you how neighbors are being impacted coming up in a live report. the man accused of shooting a fremont police officer goes to court today. see what he's expected to do. and i live look in oakland as i follow two accidents on the major east bay freeway. i'll let you know what to avoid. you can't avoid this, the backup at the toll plaza. we'll see how the high winds shake up things crossing the bay. "today in the bay."

good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. the time now 6:30. we want to get a look at the forecast. jennifer hill is in for rob this morning and things are going to be changing a little bit as we go along here. >> it's the first day of fall. it feels like it when you go out the door, temperatures in the 50s and the 40s. at 8:00 a.m. we are forecasting a lot of sunshine around, 58 in san jose, 55 napa, 56 in the city. at noon, feels like fall. 62 degrees in san francisco, 70 in concord, 71 degrees in livermore. our forecast highs will reach only the 70s and the 60s, but coming up the big change this weekend. summer making a comeback. >> thanks, jennifer. new this morning, crews are working to clean up a flooded road in pleasant hill where a water main break. christey smi ie smith is live a scene, one of the first crews there. man, it's got to be loud for neighbors there.

>> reporter: it is. jackhammers and all kinds of stuff going on. i just spoke with one neighbor, he didn't want to go on camera, but he tells me that not only is this the second rupture here in just days, but he said that there have been several other leaks here recently. in fact we walked to the other side and you can see patches, several of themes are on t, on side of the road. crews have been at it so long that we're waiting on a shift change with the contra costa water district. this eight-inch pipe broke yesterday around 7:30 in the evening. for about two hours here, 40 homes in the area had no water. today when people are waking up, they do have water. that's because crews rerouted the line around the water main break. while they make the repair, the broken main is still pressurized. they keep it that way while they make the fix. that means water is still being pumped right out into the street here on morello avenue. on september 13th there was another water main break on

morello avenue, so neighbors have been here before. one told me it is quite frustrating. we can say that while morello is still partially blocked, at least one lane is open in each direction as traffic picks up this morning. reporting live in pleasant hill, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks, christie. the man accused of shooting a fremont police officer makes a court appearance today. 20-year-old andrew barrientos is accused of shooting officer todd young on august 27. young was serving a warrant in oakland when it happened. barrientos is expected to enter a plea. he's charged with attempted murder, carjacking and other feloni felonies. thousands of bay area commutes are not happy with their commute this morning. a new survey shows muni riders and their satisfaction level is at its lowest since 2001. 52% of muni riders are happy with the service. however, that is a 3% decline since the latest survey in 2007.

more than 700,000 passengers ride muni through san francisco each day. california transportation leaders will take up the oakland airport connector project this morning. they'll talk about the possible allocation of $20 million to build a tram network between bart's oakland coliseum station and the oakland international airport. it would replace a bus shuttle that ferries bart riders to and from the airport. the meeting will be at the fresno convention center in fresno. the worst roads in america right here in the bay area. >> our road expert, mike inouye, is outside this morning with why our road are so bad and how much it could end up costing you, mike. >> you're on, mike. >> reporter: good morning, you guys. >> that's not you. >> reporter: good morning. we have a shot of bert who's here with transportation california. we had a little glamour shot of you because you are the man in charge. you're saying that san jose is number one.

>> unfortunately i'm sorry to report that to be the case. >> reporter: number one in what? >> well, san jose happens to rank number one with the poorest road conditions in the nation. >> reporter: we're not the only ones in the bay area, right? >> that's correct. numerous other cities are in that list. >> reporter: six of the top ten. >> right. >> reporter: how does some of the funding get done to repair the roadways? >> we are focused on getting more funding for transportation infrastructure. unfortunately that involves taxes and things people don't like to pay. nonetheless, you're paying anyway. >> reporter: that's true but we're also paying on our cars if we don't repair those roads. >> that's true. >> reporter: you've come up with cost to individuals. >> with 64% of the roads in san jose in poor condition, the average cost per vehicle is $756 for repairs. and that's for alignment and tires and things of that nature that get damaged by potholes and bad roads. >> reporter: you told me an

average cost is something more like $400? >> the national average is about $400, yes. in essence you're twice the average in the bay area and san jose in particular. >> reporter: we always have to do things a little more, a little higher. you're also talking about a national average. i know your study talked about the national average as far as roads go rated poor is 24%. >> unfortunately in san jose the distinct is a grand 64%. >> reporter: so that's hugely different. >> yes. >> reporter: overall in california, urban areas as well, i think 17 of 19 of the largest urban areas also rank higher than that? >> unfortunately, that's at an rack statistic. >> reporter: as you head back to sacramento, you'll have rough roads as well, not just in san jose. >> depending on where i drive, yes. >> reporter: i might have to get more words on where i should go. now, we're talking about the condition of roadways. age may play a factor as well. the eisenhower administration we had a lot of roadway funding going on.

i would imagine just olympic a roof, these all come due for maintenance and major overhaul at some point, right? >> yes, they do. it depends on the stedesign of particular road. but periodic maintenance is necessary on every road. unfortunately the longer we wait, the more expensive it gets and the further behind the infrastructure tends to be. >> reporter: so we try to take care of what we have. gas tax, does that play a major issue? we have more hybrids buying less gas. >> we do. it's not a major factor at the moment but will become one over time. >> reporter: thanks for joining us this morning. you have a safe drive. folks, we careful out there, san jose is number one, not in the best way. but we've got other things to be thankful for. back to you guys. 6:37 right now. it is child passenger safety week. we're going to show you how to make sure your kids are buckled in safely coming up. and the fight over san francisco's alcohol tax is far from over. we'll see what is next for that fee after the mayor vetoed it.

plus the swine flu scare may be over but doctors are now seeing aftereffects in children. see what's happening coming up. it's fall today but it's going to be summer-like this weekend. the details coming up in your forecast.

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out the door this morning, it's fall-like. it's the first day of fall. 52 degrees in fairfield, 44 in gilroy, 55 degrees in san francisco. take a look at the winds, they are up this morning and that's what's making it feel a little cooler than it actually is. the first day of fall we're looking at mainly clear skies this afternoon. temperatures being a little cooler than normal. then tomorrow things will warm up and that warmup will last all the way through the weekend and through the beginning of next week. here are today's forecast highs. 73 in santa rosa and 70 degrees for a forecast high in napa. 74 in morgan hill and 73 degrees for a high in los gatos. again, it will be a breezy day. even with a lot of sunshine out there, the prebreeze will make feel a little could recall than it actually is. a trough will stick with us the next couple of days and then we'll see high pressure settling in. that high pressure means hot, hot weather coming our way this weekend.

>> thanks, jennifer. 6:41 right now. the h1n1 pandemic is long over, but children who caught it are still seeing the effects. doctors say neurological aftereffects like seizures and behavioral changes are being seen in some kids who suffered from the virus. the university of utah says research shows the h1n1 virus shows more aggressive characteristics than what's been seen with the traditional flu. seizures in children were the most common complications. studies show more than half the kids who suffered from seizures are developing a life-threatening condition where continuous seizures may happen for more than 5 to 30 minutes at a time. cseatsment tseatsment t, me your kids safe but only if used the right way. we'll show you how coming up.

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good wednesday morning to you, taking a look outside from the south bay today, the first day of fall. look at the temperatures, are they reflecting it? highs expected in san jose 73, san francisco 64 cool degrees. in oakland an expected high of 67. the full forecast coming up. democrats are promising to fight on after senate republicans delayed a decision on don't ask, don't tell. the stalled a vote on a bill that would have forced them to decide whether to continue the policy or reverse it, allowing gays to serve openly in the military. tracie potts is live this morning in washington, d.c., with more on the fallout. >> reporter: hey, brent. democrats are promising to fight this out but not before november's elections. it's now been pushed back. one advocate called this a political train wreck. democrats now saying they will

wait until the lame duck session after elections to deal with whether or not to repeal don't ask, don't tell after, as you mentioned, the gop here blocked it. it was tacked on to a $726 billion defense package. two democrats actually joined them. the irony here is that now some gay rights advocates are saying senate majority leader harry reid and president obama did not do enough to push this to get it passed. conservatives are calling it part of a radical social agenda. the don't ask, don't tell policy allowing gays to serve in the military has been in place since 1973. 13,000 members of the military have been dismissed arlt of it. now, the republicans who are against it, some of them say it's not that they want it repealed but they want to wait until after a military report comes in at the beginning of december on how this would affect morale and how, if at all, it could be implemented. that was already written into

the legislation that it wouldn't be implemented until after that report, but still republicans blocked it. at that point there won't be much time to deal with it between that report on december 1st and the holiday break during that lame duck session. the big question, if they thgt it done -- don't get it done what happens next year when there may be fewer democrats and less of a chance this could be revealed. i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." a new book says president obama came up with his own strategy to get the u.s. out of the war in afghanistan. bob woodward has a new book out called "obama's wars" and he says the president as consistently at odds with his military commanders. he says they consistently offered mr. obama options to increase the number of troops in the war effort. the book also centers on the president's war strategy and the distrust and infighting that consumed his national security team. that book is due out next monday. it's 6:47, time to check the morning commute with mike.

>> rolling a little slower but that's better than we might expect because 580 westbound had two accidents, one at north livermore and one over at hacienda. any time anything happens to disrupt this flow that sends a shock wave town but the roadways still cleared. 580 showing 24 minutes so dramatically different than 15 minutes ago. a steady drive over towards dublin and the dublin interchange. 680 moves smoothly until just before the new express lane. the live shot shows you a little slowdown south of where everything sorts out right around highway 84, just south of there. then things move smoothly the rest of the route so that express lane does look like it has helped but folks getting used to the area. expect that for another week or so. a look at the maze where we expect to see the slowdown and we do. actually smooth through richmond and out of san pablo. this is a little more extensive than we typically see on a

wednesday. if you're heading through this portion, you'll want to get on the roadwayses a few minutes early. the bay bridge, no relief there either. the toll plaza, the metering lights have been turned on about 25 minutes ago and that's the backup that formed quickly all the way back towards grand avenue, so things will be moving there. low clouds hovering around k a little haze in the air as well. we can see the hills in the background so that's better than the fog we saw yesterday. >> this morning we are also dealing with the wind. you saw the cameras shaking and that's why it feels a little cooler than normal. 58 in concord, 56 in livermore and 56 in gilroy. at noon 73 in los gatos, 67 in san rafael. our forecast highs today still a little on the cool side. it looks like we might be seeing some pool weather this weekend so we start with the first day of fall but the first full weekend of fall looks a little steamy. 6:49 right now. the cost of alcohol right now in san francisco will remain the

same for the time being. a few hours after the board of supervisors passed a higher tax on alcohol wholesalers, mayor gavin newsom vetoed it. the board wanted to increase fees to help cover the cost to care for chronic alcoholics but the mayor says the fee would hurt jobs and tread on the state's authority to regulate alcohol. the board with need eight votes to overturn the veto and they don't have that many. supporters of the bill may take the issue to voters. the bare necessities. that is all that hundreds of thousands of our neighbors have to eat because they eat on the $4.50 allowed a day that food stamps provides. bob redell is live to illustrate just how hard that is for people and how your family can actually take part and learn a valuable lesson. good morning, bob. >> reporter: laura, it's $4.50 a day per person in a family. that's what food stamps provides. second harvest food bank in the south bay and united way of

silicon valley is issuing a challenge to you to see if you could get by on $4.50 a day and the respective ceos have taken up the challenge. they came here to show us what they stocked up at home. we've got basically it's going to be turkey chili, right? >> turkey chili. >> reporter: you've got some milk, pb & js for lunch, not much in the way of fresh produce. one yogurt. carol lee, you've got corn flakes, lots of potatoes, rice, some bread, not much in the way of fresh produce. if you could impress upon people one thing based upon your limited experience so far, what would it be? >> it would be that those of us who can need to make sure we support programs like those at united way silicon valley and second harvest food bank to make sure we're helping the community that is exiting on food stamps because it's not sufficient to

nutritionally and healthily raise families. >> reporter: kathy, what's your take so far? >> i would say notwithstanding the fact we spent the entire morning talking about how tough it is living on $4.50 a day, it's way better than not having it. there are hundreds of thousands of folks who could qualify for food stamps in our county who haven't bothered to sign up or have felt afraid to sign u up. we'd love to see them sign up. they can figure out how to get food if they go to our website. >> reporter: briefly in the two and a half days you've been doing this, do you feel feel? how do you feel? >> i'm eager for the week to end. yes, i'm full, but i guess i'd say i'm not satisfied. >> reporter: thank you very much, kathy and carol lee. thank you for being up bright and early. scott, if you're interested in taking on this challenge, the website is 4.50 a day challenge.org. you can go there for more

information. >> reporter: looks tough, thank you. the other thing that will affect a lot of people here this morning, bob, is the change in health care insurance. you remember the obama administration had this health care reform. well, this starts to take effect. it depends on whether your health care runs january to january or starts mid-year. so obvious first question in all of this is am i affected. a darn good question. we cannot answer individually. so do check with your employer or insurer. we can say most people will not have to make a co-pay for preventative medicine starting thursday. that's things like flu shots. there will be no more caps if you get terribly, terribly sick. your insurance company will continue to pay, no matter how high the bill gets. if your child were already sick, you can sign up for a new insurance plan. and you do sign up for a new insurance plan, they do have to cover your children, they keb be denied for a pre-existing condition. starting thursday your kids can

be covered until they are 26 years old if you are willing to pay and insurance companies can't drop you for what the government calls capricious reasons. we heard about this during the hearings. some insurance agencies closely examining the records of the people that they insured for some kind of thing that would give them the excuse, an error that would allow the insurer to drop you. things like you forgot to sign page 7 or forgot to mention you broke your arm as a kid. that's no longer permitable. if you commit fraud, like you had cancer in the past and don't tell them that is still a dropable offense. back to you. folks, we'll take you to antioch for a last look at this slowing. speeds closer to 50 than 20 miles per hour heading through antioch. the rest of the east bay moves very nice. just typical slowing through livermore. continues to build because of the volume of traffic but things

are smooth all the way over to the 680. 680 out of walnut creek and through san ramon a nice drive as well. crossing the bay bridge, the backup at the toll plaza consider it back to the maze. a little heavier because there was annin dent on the incline that is clearing from the roadway. no major issues other than that but the backup is going back further. a live look at the san mateo bri bridge. the camera moves because high winds have been sticking around. >> that's why it's been so cool. it's all associated with a big trough. that trough is bringing us cooler weather. that will be replaced with high pressure. high pressure means a warm weekend is in store for us. we say hello fall and then hello to a summer-like weekend. then we go outside where we have two parents here trying to figure out how to get these car seats in safely. >> yeah, kind of a chilly start out here but you're right, it is child passenger safety week. all week long we want to make

sure that parents can get the car seats in properly for their kids. >> it is really hard to do. there are so many attachments and levers and some cars have hooks. so we called one of the specialists from the chp to help us out. they can help you too. >> take a look at our situation because we've got triplets and three car seats. how are we doing? i know overall you made a few adjustments which are a great tip for us. i know one of the things we talked about the last time we talked to you is the angle of the chair. some of that is dependent on just the way the car is made but you can make adjustments to make sure it's the right angle, not just the seat belt but the angle. >> sure. the child seat manufacturers try to make share seats to fit whatever car you might have to put it into. and the angle that your child is riding at is important. we can't have them sitting too up right because their head comes forward and then they have an airway problem and you're driving and can't tell what's happening. so there's a foot and you just move that foot out and the

further out the more reclined the seat is. >> every car seat has that foot? some people try to put books or towels and you're saying you shouldn't do that. >> well, i do recommend books because books can slide and i don't recommend towels because towels compress. we usually use a pool noodle. >> i talked to somebody on our staff that does the same thing. >> some useful tips. i know there will be places for folks to get checked to make sure they have it right. it's really important to do. we just wanted to share a little heads up on it. thanks for joining us this morning, everybody. >> we learned a lot out here. thanks so much. we'll see you for a local news cutin in about half an hour. [ male announcer ] the turn changes everything.

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